Shade hanging and operating means



Dec. 29 1925." 1,567,914

7 I A. J. CLINTON I SHADE HANGING AND OPERATING MEANS Filed Feb. 13,1925 I S'Sheets-Sheet 1 Dem; 29 ,N 1925 5 7,9 4

A. J. CLINTON SHADE HANGING AND OPERATING MEANS Filed Feb. 15, 1 3Sheets-Sheet '2 I Zlmnntov W EES A. J. CLINTON SHADE'HANGING ANDOPERATING MEANS Dec. 29,1925 7, 4

Filed Feb. 13, 1925 3 Sheets-Shae; 3

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Patented Dec. 29, 1925.

UNITED s'rA'rE-s' PATENT" OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. CLINTON, or PAOLA, xANsAs, .ASSIGNOR or NE-HALF 'ro CHARLES w.

NEISRVENDER, OF PAOLA, KANSAS. g

SHADE HANGING AND OPERATING MEANS.

Application filed liebruary 13, 1925. Serial No. 8,995. I

character which will enable one to readily obtain a desired, amount oflight and ventilation throughthe upper part of a window as well as thelower part thereof.

I accomplish the above object b the provision of improved means for'anging 21 window shade whereby its roller may be adjusted verticallyofthe window to assume any desired position between the upper part ofthe window opening and the central part thereof when the window sashesare closed, and whereby the range of adjustment may be increased tostill further lower the shade and its roller when the upper sash islowered or opened.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for automaticallyunrolling theshade as it is adjusted upwardly from its normal positionsubstantially mid-way between the top and bottom of the window opening,in which normalposition the shade is substantially entirely rolled uponits Still another object of the invention is to rovide improved meansfor accomplishmg the last of the above mentioned 'objects,

which means also provides means for placing the spring of the shaderoller under tension when the shade is unrolled by manually. pulling.the same downwardly in the usual well known manner.

'Still'another-object of the invention is to provide improved means forsecuring the .shade roller in its various vertical "adjustments,

With the above neral objects in view,

and others that wi become apparent as the nature of the invention isbetter understood,

e drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view, partly broken away, showing awindow provided with the shade supported or hung in accordance with thepresent invention,

Figure 2 is a substantially central vertical sectional view of thedevice shown in Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the device shown inFigure 1, with the shade roller pulley in section, Figure 4 is anenlarged fragmentary sectiona-l View illustrating one of, the mountingbrackets ,for the shade roller,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary rear elevational view showing the shade rgllersupporting bar together with adjacent portions of the I guide rodthereof and the means for maintaining the supporting bar in adjustedpositions on sald guide rod,

Flgure 61s a fragmentary-sectional view taken substantially upon line6'6.'of Figure 5, Figure 7 is a fragmentary sectional view takensubstantially upon line:77 of Fig- .ure 3,

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Figural.

Referring more in detail to the drawin (T e 5 indicates a wlndow framein whlch mounted the usual vertically sliding upper and lower sashes 6and 7 respectively. In accordance with the present invention a pair ofvertical-guide rods 8 are attached to the upper rail or the uppercorners of the frame of the upper sash 6, thbse guide in their propervertical position while atthe same time permitting the same to raise andlower with the upper sash 6 to which.

they are attached, "the vertical portions of said guide rods slidablyextend through guides or eyelets 9 which are fastened to the up orcorners of the lower sash 7. The vertica portions of the ide rods 8 arewhen the sashes 6 and 7 are entirely closed.

The invention further embodies a horizontal shade roller supporting bar10, the

'sufiiciently long to stay w thin the guides 9 iio ends of which 7extend outwardly across the -.guide bars 8 and are provided with U-shapebrackets. 10* whose leg portions pro 'ect across, the upper and loweredges of the ar 10 and outwardly of the latter towards the sashes wheresuch legs of the bracket are provided with vertically aligned openingsthrough which the guide bars 8 slidably extend. The supporting bar '10is thus as sociated with the guide bars 8 for vertical adjustmentrelative to the: latter, and suitable brackets 11 and 12 are securedupon the ends of the bar 10 for supporting a conventional form of springroller 1-3 upon which is wound ashade 14. The roller 13 is conventionalin every respect except that the tain conditions,the bracket beingfurther 'under su gage the pulley 15 whereby the spring shaft springoperated shaft 15 thereof at one end is provided with an extension uponwhich is secured a pulley or drum 16 about which passes a flexiblemember or cord 17 whose upper end is attached as at 18 to the adjacentside of the frame 5 near the to of the latter, the lower end of the cord17 k ing attached releasably as at 19 to a suitable retaining membersecured to the frame 5 below the roller or ulley 16.- The cord 17 isplaced cient tension to frictionally en- 1510f the roller 13 is heldagainst rotation when the shade is grasped and pulled down: wardly forunrolling the same, whereby the spring .of the roller13 is. placed undertension in the usual manner so as to furnish energy r-for rewinding' theshade upon the roller 13 in the usual way.

As shown more clearly in Figures 4 and 8 the bracket 12 has a circular oenmg for re-v ception of the flattened port1on 20 of the sprin shaft 15whereby said shaft is perwidth as the narrow dimension of the flattenedportion 20 of theshaft 15. By reason of the construction of. the bracket12 permitting the rotation of shaft 15 and the engagement of the raisinand lowering of the supporting bar 10 wi lrespect'ively efi'ect unrol'ng of the shade from the roller 13 and rolling of the same thereon. Inother words, when the,

supporting bar 10 is moved upwardly the entire shade roller is rotatedfor unwinding. the shade without affecting a change in thetension of thespiring of the shade roller 13 while-lowering the bar 10 to its normalcord 17 with the pulley'16,

Means is provided for maintaining the bar 10 in any of its verticallyadjusted positions relative to the guide bars 8, and this meanspreferably embodies releasable holding devices associated with each endofthe bar 10 and cooperating with the adjacent guide bar 8. Aseachdevice is similarly constructed description of one willsuflice,particular at tention bein d' ected to Figures 5 and 6 inCOIXIIGClZlOi'A this construction. Each holding device mprises a bracketthe intermediate portion of which embraces the adjacent guide rod 8 asat 22, and the end portions of which are directed away from each otherin they form of'feet 23 which are secured to the bar 10 by meansofscrews or the like, the bracket 22 being disposed between thehorizontal legs of the adjacent U-shaped bracket 10 through which theadjacent rod 8 slidably extends. Attached to the bar 10 inwardly of eachrod 8 is a helical tension spring 24 the outer end of which is formedwith a loop'25 that embraces the adjacent upon its ree outer end with-a.hook'26 or other suitable means for attaching the same to a lever 27that is pivoted to the adjacent bracket 22 at its lower end as at 28 forswinging movement in a vertical plane. The

uide rod 8 and that is provided loop 25 is movable in a slot 29 providedin the adjacent bracket 22, and the spring '24 normally acts to draw theloop portion 25 tightly against the rod 8 so as to grip :the latter andmaintain the bar 10 against movement along the guide bar 8; Thefastening devices thus constructed, while bein of similar constructionare of right or le t hand types so that separation of the levers 27thereof or outward swinging of the same is'necessary for release of thedevice whereb the bar 10 may be freely moved relative to 0th of theguide rods 8. The levers 27 are relatively short and preferably havetheir upper ends directed away from the sashes so that they may bereadily en- 1glaged by the finger for their actuation. The

olding means or devices are thus normally active and manually released.

With the parts arranged as shown in Figure 1 light will be permitted topass through substantially all or both of the sashes while unobstructedventilation will be had at the upper part of the window by reason of theupper sash 6 being partially lowered or oplened. -Obviously, the sameamount of lig t may be had together with better ventilation from theupper, )artof thewindow by releasing the holdmg devices including thelevers 27 and lowering the upper sash 6 to the desired extent, therelease of the holding devices being necessary in case the uppersash isto be lowered a greater distance than the bar 10 can be lowered byreason of the guides 9. lhe same amount of ventilation and light may behad at the upper part of the window while the entrance of light throughthe lower part of the window can be out off by simply drawing the shadedownwardly from its position in Figure 1. On the other hand, the bar 10may be released and slid upwardly on the guide bar 8 so as'to out offlight from any desired part oi the upper part of the window when theshade is unrolled to the desired extent so that'light or ventilation orboth may be obtained only through the lower part of the window. In thisway the construction provides for securing any desired possible amountof light or ventilation through either the upper or lower portions ofthe window, a result which can not be secured when the shades are hungin -the usual Way by stationary"brackets rigidly fastened to the upperpart of the window frame.

From the foregoing description it is believed that the construction andoperation as well as the advantages of the present invention will bereadily understood and ap-- precia-ted by those skilled in the art.

What I claim as new is 1. In a. device of the character described, asupporting bar, means to hold said supporting bar in a horizontalposition adjacent a window for vertical adjustment relative to thelatter, means to retain said bar in any desired vertically adjustedposition, a spring shade roller disposed inwardly of the supporting barand having a spring actuated shaft provided with a projecting endportion of fiat form intermediate its ends, brackets secured on the endsof the supporting bar in which the pintle and spring actuated shaft ofthe shade roller are removably journaled, one of said brackets having acircular opening in which the flat portion of said shaft is rotatableand provided with a restricted entrance slot for said openingthrough-which the flat portion of said shaft is movable, apulley on theouter end of said projecting end portion of said shaft, and a flexiblemember adapted to have its intermediate portion wound about the pulleyand its ends attached to the window frame above and below said barwhereby vertical adjustment of the latter will cause turning of theshade roller and whereby said shaft is held from rotation when the shadeof the roller is rolled or un rolled and said bar is held in itsadjusted position.

2. In a device of the character described, a vertical guide rod, asupporting bar slidably associated with said guide rod, a helicaltension spring having one end attached to said supporting bar, a handlever pivoted to said supporting bar and having the other end of saidspring attached thereto, and a loop formed on said other end of thespring inwardlyv of the lever and embracing and frictionally engagingthe guide rod to releasably retain the supporting bar against movementon the guide rod.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ARTHUR J. CLINTON.

